1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1986 NCAA Division I-AA season
Duration	August – November 1986
Playoff
Duration	November 29 – December 20, 1986
Championship site	Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA
Champion	Georgia Southern Eagles
Division I-AA football season
«1985 1987»

1986 Big Sky football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#1 Nevada $^	7	–	0	–	0			13	–	1	–	0
#16 Idaho ^	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Northern Arizona	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Montana	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Boise State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Weber State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Montana State	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Idaho State	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Nevada earned automatic berth and Idaho earned at-large berth in I-AA playoffs. Montana and Idaho State played twice.

1986 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Appalachian State $^	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
Western Carolina	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Furman ^	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	2
East Tennessee State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Marshall	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Davidson	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant

1986 Southland Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Arkansas State $^	5	–	0	–	0			12	–	2	–	1
North Texas State	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Louisiana Tech	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Northeast Louisiana	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
McNeese State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Lamar	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll

1986 Yankee Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#13 Delaware +^		5	–	2					9	–	4
UMass +		5	–	2					8	–	3
#19 Connecticut +		5	–	2					8	–	3
New Hampshire		4	–	3					7	–	4
Maine		3	–	4					7	–	4
Richmond		3	–	4					4	–	7
Boston University		3	–	4					4	–	7
Rhode Island		0	–	7					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll

The 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1986, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 20, 1986, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. The Georgia Southern Eagles won their second consecutive I-AA championship, defeating the Arkansas State Indians (now Red Wolves) by a final score of 48−21.

Big Sky Conference – Nevada
Colonial League – Holy Cross
Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference – Eastern Illinois
Ivy League – Penn
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – North Carolina A&T
Ohio Valley Conference – Murray State
Southern Conference – Appalachian State
Southland Conference – Arkansas State
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson State
Yankee Conference – Connecticut, Delaware, and Massachusetts

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